The boys had to stay behind in Santa Fe for a Scout Fundraiser, and Lucy's flight was out of LAX, so we left the boys behind and headed to California, via Phoenix. Kind of weird roadtripping with just half the fam. I was worried about leaving the boys on their own. Rob was on call all day the day we left. I shouldn't have worried. They boys made a hang board for climbing conditioning. No TV all day, just productive creativity. They are pretty cool. Anyway, we arrived in Phoenix in time to head to the Cornish Pasty Company in Scottsdale, do some night swimming, and play a round of Exploding Kittens.
In the morning we headed to Oceanside. Whit had a yummy dinner ready for us and Ever was very very pleased to have Clara around. Clara gets ver stressed out if she stays up too late. No really panic sets in if she thinks she won't have enough sleep (with good reason, a tired Clara is really quite scary). So Ever wanted Clara to sleep in her room. But Ever was excited and chatty which got Clara worked up into a panic, because when it is time to sleep it is time to sleep. Anyway, in the end they did sleep and it all worked out. Pretty funny. The next day after a Target we headed to the beach. At one point Ever had to find a bathroom so Whit and Ever went in search of one. Meanwhile the tide came up and I wasn't quick enough to get Tyna out of the way. Oh well, she didn't mind. We picked up Hawaiian/Japanese for dinner and then it was time to take Lubert to LAX.
Dropping this girl off at LAX to fly half way across the world by herself was STRESSFUL and HARD for me. Traffic at the airport was a nightmare and I kept thinking of flights vanishing into thin air, and pervy old men grabbing thighs on long flights and getting lost and getting passports stolen, and on and on. But she did just fine. Her flight took off at midnight and I had to wait until 3:00 the next day when she landed in Hong Kong to get word that she was just fine. She'd met up with other kids from her program in Hong Kong, where they flew on to Chaing Mai together. She was more than just fine.
On Tuesday we had a park day and Clara and Ever brought their bikes.
The next morning before Clara and I left, Ever, Clara, Wren, and I rode bikes up to the neighborhood rope swing.
Part 1 of our trip was a success.
Oh and here is the finger board the boys built:
4 comments:
Cute cousins.
Nice time together!
So much cousin fun. Your boys are amazing. And I cannot wait to hear all about Lucy's trip. So great.
Night swimming - that's a bonus to AZ. So good to have you here. Old men grabbing thighs? Hilarious! Your boys are so good. Love that they used their unsupervised time to build that.
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